Friday’s victory draws the Broncos into fifth place ahead of next week’s regular season finale at Suncorp Stadium against the Roosters, which will double as Corey Parker's official home farewell.

To begin the second half, both sides came out of the sheds in a defensive mindset with neither team able to gain an early advantage.

Brisbane had the best opportunity to add more points but Melbourne’s goal-line defence held firm.

But the visitors' attacking persistence paid off in the 53rd minute when halfback Anthony Milford produced a brilliant pop pass to send Darius Boyd over the line.

Parker took over the goal-kicking duties and had no problems raising the flags to extend the visitors' lead to 20-6.

The physicality of the contest was beginning to take its toll on the players as handling errors began creeping into the game.

Down by 14, Melbourne had to be next to score to keep their comeback hopes alive.

Ben Hampton made sure they were, after he worked his way into a gaping hole in Brisbane’s defence to stroll over untouched.

However, the Broncos iced the game in the 68th minute through Jai Arrow, who chased hard and miraculously got on the end of a Jordan Kahu kick.

Arrow was able to pick up the scraps after Storm halfback Cooper Cronk uncharacteristically slipped over in the in-goal area, and Parker converted to hand Brisbane a 26-10 lead.

In the 77th minute a messy play saw Storm skipper Cameron Smith register a late consolation try for the home side.

With time winding down, the Storm were surging for another late try, but this time the Broncos' defence held firm to secure a memorable 26-16 upset victory for Brisbane.

Earlier in the first half, Brisbane opened the scoring through Tom Opacic, after the young centre received a miracle offload from a scooting Sam Thaiday down the blind side.

In the seventh minute, Jordan Kahu doubled the visitors' advantage with the winger producing an acrobatic diving effort to sneak inside the corner.

But ill discipline crept into Brisbane’s game, allowing Melbourne to set up camp deep inside their territory and the Storm made the visitors pay for their mistakes.

Tohu Harris stretched out from short range to slam the ball down, and Cam Smith's conversion was waved away meaning Brisbane led 8-4.

With both teams known for their sturdy defence, points were at a premium and the Broncos extended their lead through a Kahu penalty goal.

After Milford gave away a penalty for a high shot, Melbourne found themselves knocking on the door of more points.

Milford then made up for his mistake, by swooping in to steal the ball from the dummy-half Cameron Smith's grasp.

On the back of a spilled ball error from winger Marika Koroibete, Brisbane’s tenacious attack was rewarded again in the dying moments of the half, as Opacic barged his way over to collect his brace of tries.

Milford was unable to convert from out wide to give his team a 14-4 lead at the break.

The visitors' scoreboard advantage could have been more at half-time but unfortunately for Brisbane their goal kicking was struggling on a cold Melbourne evening.